Geoff, Cornwall

Discrete design. Quiet. Works as described. I've always used Seagate for their reliability.

Bad points:

Some freeware stuff comes pre-installed. Why add more software to your PC when Windows does the same stuff anyway?

Overall rating

9.0

Design

9.0

Performance

9.0

Reliability

9.0

Capacity

9.0

Value for money

10.0

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22 Jun 2012

James,

Score 8.0/10

Good points:

Good idea that you can change the connection! Nice design.

Bad points:

DO NOT INSTALL THE FREEGATE DRIVES ON A MAC. If you do, the drive will fall asleep when copying large files and crash your mac. This is not good. The updated drive also does not work (according to other blog users).You can run this drive when formatted to mac perfectly, though you will not be able to use the 'light gauge' to see how fall the drive is, but to be honest, I don't really need this gauge. HOWEVER IT WOULD BE GOOD IF SEAGATE COULD PUBLISH THIS FACT ON SITES OR SORT THE DAMN DRIVER OUT TO LET BUYERS KNOW ABOUT IT AS I SPENT AGES TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY THE DRIVE AND MY MAC KEPT CRASHING!

Overall rating

8.0

Design

8.0

Performance

8.0

Reliability

8.0

Capacity

10.0

Value for money

10.0

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22 Jul 2012

Lucy-Ann, Manchester

Score 8.0/10

Good points:

2TB hard drive. no question.Its black very classic.

Bad points:

Nothing really. Size maybe.

Overall rating

8.0

Design

10.0

Performance

10.0

Reliability

10.0

Capacity

10.0

Value for money

8.0

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21 Jun 2012

Umang, Gravesend
Advance user

Score 10.0/10

Good points:

Size, storage size & can connect any sata hdd.

Bad points:

not so far

Overall rating

10.0

Design

10.0

Performance

10.0

Reliability

10.0

Capacity

10.0

Value for money

10.0

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21 Jun 2012

Peter,

Score 5.0/10

Good points:

Nice design and good price

Bad points:

Seagate software installed makes disk unusable with Mac running Mountain Lion. Just reformat the disk getting rid of the Seagate stuff and it will work fine with Time Machine.

Overall rating

5.0

Design

8.0

Performance

8.0

Value for money

10.0

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19 Jul 2012

Liam,

Score 3.0/10

Good points:

Reviewer left no comment

Bad points:

I received this product and it just froze when trying to copy stuff/backup my computer. After all this not working it then got picked up from my house where im still waiting to receive my new hard drive 3 Weeks on!

Overall rating

3.0

Design

5.0

Performance

4.0

Reliability

8.0

Capacity

10.0

Value for money

1.0

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18 Jul 2012

Stephen,

Score 1.0/10

Good points:

Looks nice, large capacity for the money.

Bad points:

Doesn't work. Freezes my computer when copying files over. Computer is unresponsive until I remove the drive. Seatools can't fix it, I tried everything - the drive is going back to the shop. Do not waste your time with this one.

Product Features

Hard Disk capacity is measured in GBs which stands for Gigabytes. A gigabyte is 1000 MB or megabytes. The more GB you have the more info like photos and music you can store.

Manufacturer's Description

Increase your storage space with the Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk External Hard Drive. With a massive 2TB capacity, this 3.5" device has plug-and-play USB 2.0 connection, which you can upgrade to USB 3.0 or FireWire 800 if necessary.

Ready to pair with both PC and Mac systems, the FreeAgent GoFlex Desk External Hard Drive ensures automatic backup of your data, secures your backed-up files, and provides powerful encryption software to protect your privacy. It can be placed in either horizontal or vertical orientation to fit your desktop configuration and comes with a desktop adapter that has an illuminated capacity gauge.

The Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk External Hard Drive also includes an intuitively easy to use dashboard manager that will help you access its features with ease. Give your files plenty of breathing space and keep your system’s HDD free by choosing this dependable drive!

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